We cannot thank you all enough for your support in helping us, help him. It makes such a difference for us and all the other animals in our rescue to be able to pay down these vet bills in order to have funds available for other emergencies as they come up.

A full update on where he's at has been posted to our GoFundMe. We are currently 35% of the way to our goal on the primary platform! However, due to the extreme urgency of the Surgery so we have opened this Givebutter Alternative Portal. You'll find all medical bills (paid invoices, and the estimates) and notes from the veterinary hospital with diagnostic imaging in both places.

Why we are doing this?

His values have stabilized despite his injuries. He's incredibly sweet, purring and loving everyone he's met so far - even in the car ride to the hospital, after he was found. He played with our fingers despite being in pain, and "annihilates" his food and treats (which he enjoys). We want to give him the best fighting chance we can, because of it, and we are lucky enough to have been approved (by some miracle) for payment plans and a personal loan to pull it off.

He was yelling repeatedly, and when approached did not hiss or show any aggression but continued yelling. When we tried to see what was wrong, he moved away from us and we could see that his back legs weren't working and he was dragging them behind him (just walking with his front).

After about a half hour of trying to get him with the help of a stranger (now a friend!), we were able to take him to Corona Animal Emergency Center, recommended to us by another rescue. There, he got an initial x-ray and some pain medicine. We were able to see quickly his back leg is badly fractured. The vet also noted a bad wound at the base of the tail, a scraped chin, and scraped genital area; it looks as though he was hit by a car.

We transferred him to Irvine Valley Veterinary Hospital where we have some pre-approved payment plans available, and continued treatment there. He's been hospitalized for 48 hours. Our focus has been on ensuring he's going to be stable and making sure he's going to have quality of life if we continue medical treatments.

He came in with a PCV of 33% and it decreased fairly quickly to 18.1%, but it has now plateau'ed at 21%. Originally they were thinking he might need a blood transfusion as a result of the sudden drop (and suspected internal bleeding), but this is not a concern any longer at this time. He was presenting a lot of blood in his urine originally, but it is now clear. He also was both in shock and had a critical blood pressure when he first came in, but is consistently testing now with a fully stabilized blood pressure of 150. His white blood cell count originally tested at 31,000 and is now much better at 20,000.

He had to have a catheter inserted for a little while to give his bladder a break as there is some damage to one of the walls of the bladder, but beyond that there is no observed internal damage (based on multiple ultrasounds looking for fluid pools). The vet won't say much more until expenses are paid more. So far, we've raised a total of $550. This is more than we've managed to raise for any other animal in the rescue so far, and we are incredibly grateful. But we're still in an astronomical amount of easily over 8k dollars sits and we are in over our heads. He is currently located at Irvine Valley Veterinary Hospital, under Two Rabbit Rescue, in the emergency department. +1 949 552 5200